EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC
AND LEGISLATIVE FACTORS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NUMBER OF PHARMACIES IN ROMANIA
MARIUS CĂLIN CHERECHEȘ1*, MARA PAULA TIMOFE2, OVIDIU ONIGA1
1Faculty of Pharmacy, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 12 Ion Creanga Street, 400010, Cluj-
Napoca, Romania
2Cluj School of Public Health, College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, “Babeș-Bolyai” University,
7 Pandurilor Street, 400376, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
*corresponding author: mariuscalinchereches@mac.com
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Abstract:
At the European level, the evolution in the number of pharmacies differs from case to case. Romania is the 5th among
European countries regarding the number of pharmacies, the registered number increased from 5,700 to 7,150 from 2008 to
2011. The aim of this paper was to determine which of the three variables (economical, demographical, and legislative) had
an influence on the development of the number of pharmacies in Romania. The design of the study was a longitudinal one,
using quantitative data analysis and also methods of qualitative analysis of the European and national legislations regarding
regulations on the functioning of pharmacies. As determined after the statistical processing, there is an insufficient correlation
between the development of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the growth of the number of pharmacies. When it comes
to the demographic argument, Romania presented a demographical decrease in the studied period of time, which justifies
even less the significant development of the pharmaceutical market. The third element, legislation, seems to offer a possible
explanation for this evolution.

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